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Frank J. Lhota wrote:
> I've done that a lot in my C++ code. In the C++ community, the "using"
> declaration is even more controversial than the "use" clause is in the Ada
> community. I have programmed for groups where using "using" is prohibited
> unless absolutely necessary.

As far as I know, the general rule of thumb is never to put a "using" declaration
in a header file, because then you are polluting the namespaces of everyone who
includes the file. But it's fine to do it in an implementation file. I don't usually
bother, though - I'm not offended by (short) qualifiers.